"In those days, I will pour out my Spirit. And I will work wonders in the heavens and on the earth." The Pentecost Extended Vigil calls us to wait in hope for the Holy Spirit to renew our world.

"Holy Father, keep them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are one. . ." We join Jesus in prayer as we await the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost.

"But they went forth and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the word through accompanying signs." At the Ascension, Jesus gave his disciples the Great Commission to proclaim the Good News to all.

"This is my commandment: love one another as I love you." A genuinely loving relationship is an encounter with God, for God is love.

"Remain in me, as I remain in you." We are one with Jesus.

"I am the good shepherd and I know mine and mine know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father." Our Easter joy is revealed in the love of Jesus our shepherd.

"Thus it is written that the Christ would suffer and rise from the dead on the third day and that repentance for the forgiveness of sins, would be preached... You are witnesses of these things." Easter is a call to action to give witness to the Good News!

"In this way we know that we love the children of God when we love God and obey his commandments." Divine Mercy reminds us that our love for God is a call to love each other as God's children.

"For they did not yet understand the Scripture that he had to rise from the dead." What is the message of Easter for a world ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic?

"Do not be amazed! You seek Jesus of Nazareth, the crucified. He has been raised; he is not here." The Sacred Paschal Triduum concludes with the uplifting celebration of the Easter Vigil.